The Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have unearthed an inter-State drug cartel. The drug peddlers of this syndicate were supplying drugs to addicts mainly in Trans-Yamuna area. They were hyper active in sensitive areas like Triokpuri in East Delhi. Police raid yielded around 3.5 kg heroin valued over Rs12 crore in the international market from the three members of the gang.
Besides the contraband, six mobile handsets along with nine SIM cards used by them in communicating with their associates for drug trafficking activities have also been recovered. The three accused have been identified as Chander Shekhar, a resident of Trilokpuri (32), Dharam Raj alias Dharma (23) a resident of Aman Vihar, and Javed Khan, a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh have been arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police.
“We had come to know of the case that one Chander Shekhar, a resident of Trilokpuri, Delhi used to sell heroin in the area. He used to get supply of heroin from Javed Khan through his carrier Dharam Raj alias Dharma,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav.On Monday, a trap was laid near the ATM of Union Bank of India in Block No. 31, Trilokpuri following a tip off.
“When Dharam Raj handed over a bag containing 1.5 kg heroin to Chander Shekhar, the duo was nabbed. During interrogation, they revealed that they were part of a big inter-State narcotic syndicate. On the instance of Chander Shekhar, one kg heroin was recovered from his house in Trilokpuri,” said Yadav.
During investigation it has been revealed that Javed Khan was the main supplier of heroin who had been handing over consignments of heroin to Chander Shekhar from Rampur, UP. Dharam Raj is the brother-in-law of Chander and used to work as a carrier for the latter for last 6/7 months.
According to police source, Chander Shekhar used to sell ‘pudiyas’ of heroin in retail in Trilokpuri area. Chander Shekhar has been previously involved in two criminal cases of Excise Act. Dharam Raj was also found involved in many cases of Excise Act. The duo was produced before the court and taken on a two-day police custody to arrest the main source of supply identified as Javed Khan.
They disclosed that Javed Khan has many hideouts in Bareilly and Rampur of Uttar Pradesh and Rudrapur of Uttarakhand. A team was sent to Rampur and Rudrapur to nab him.
“Sincere efforts bore fruit yesterday when Khan was arrested from Rudrapur. A raid was conducted at his rented flat and 850 gram heroin was recovered. During interrogation, Khan disclosed that he used to get heroin from one Anish, a resident of Manipur,” said Yadav.Khan used to prepare pure heroin from the crude one in his own flat. He had been supplying heroin for last 20 years. He was found involved in many cases of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Further investigations are on, the DCP added.